…I’ve never seen anybody show up at a classy party riding a motorcycle. Jimmy – he drives for the McCormicks – he said it was hardly proper. But Roland scoffed, “Nonsense, man, that’s a Z1.” I asked him, “What’s a Z-1?” “Maybe the finest touring bike ever made…4-stroke, 4-cylinder, 903cc engine, its prestige, world records and how money talks. Even Jimmy was impressed…
1975 Kawasaki Z-1 “Driving Miss Katherine” Vintage 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Two great ways to express yourself on the trail or on the street. Both Harley-Davidson. The SX-175. And the all-new SX-250. Both are engineered and built to take on any challenge…and come out ahead. They feature tough-as-hell competition-type front forks. And maximum starting reliability with a solid state, breakerless, CDI ignition system. Plus quick-detach ISDT rear hub. Tach and speedometer with odometer resettable in either direction. And they incorporate a primary kick start. Kick it over in any gear. A time and temper saver! Both motorcycles have an independent ignition system that lets you remove battery and lights to reduce weight for competitive riding. For durability, both SX175 and SX250 have an integral oil reservoir within the frame. No separate tank. Two great motorcycles. Take your pick. And you’ll be prepared for any duel under the sun.
1975 Harley-Davidson SX-175 and SX-250 Motorcycle 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Here is a vintage ad for the 1975 Yamaha Motobike, which is a moto-cross bicycle made by Yamaha. This vintage ad is in the form of a cartoon or comic strip and is titled, “Adventures of Moto-Bike Mike” – It’s the day of the big bicycle motocross finals. Moto-Bike Mike vs. his arch-rival Bermhead Bob…
1975 Yamaha Moto-Bike Motocross Bicycle Comic Strip 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Here is another vintage ad from 1974 for the Yamaha Moto-Bike.
Now Yamaha has built another winner. It’s not a motorcycle. Yet, it’s hardly a bicycle. It’s the Yamaha Moto-Bike. Built especially for bicycle motocross…
Many more improvements than just those that meet the eye.
…the obvious change in the new KX250-A then is the rear suspension. Not only is it LT, but it features gas/oil shocks. These items are new on the market as far as Kayaba, their manufacturer, is concerned…
1975 Kawasaki KX250A Motorcycle Road Test 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Rare, but worth the trouble of obtaining one.
1975 Ducati 860 GT V-Twin Road Test 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Bultaco Alpina 350 – Mountain goat, woods wizard, incredible fun…Senor Bulto’s compromise motorcycle.
1975 Bultaco Alpina 350 Motorcycle Road Test 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
An Enduro machine that lets you concentrate on the terrain. Rokon is a name none too prominent in the motorcyclist’s vocabulary. Even so, it is the second largest of American bike makers. Harley-Davidson is of course the biggie. But unlike H-D, Rokon limits all of its production and development efforts to the off-road market…
1975 Rokon 340 Automatic Enduro Motorcycle Road Test 5-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
If you are the type who has some mechanical aptitude, a few common hand tools and a desire to save money, then this do-it-yourself job is right up your alley. A top-end rebuild is an easy task, and one that can save you cash and time…
18-step How-to article.
1975 Yamaha DT400 Motorcycle Top End Rebuild – Do it Yourself 5-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: 250cc Motocross Comparison Test – Honda vs. Kawasaki vs. Suzuki vs. Yamaha
Contents: Road Tests: 250cc Motocross Comparison Test – Honda vs. Kawasaki vs. Suzuki vs. Yamaha; Kawasaki KZ750 Road Test; Features: Greek Odyssey; Midget Motorcycle Works; Competition: Houston – no place for drugstore cowboys; more
1976 May Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster
Contents: Road Tests: Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster, Bultaco 360 El Bandido; Impressions: Benelli Buzzer, Bultaco 230 El Tigre; Harley-Davidson aims at Daytona; Daytona: The Men and the machines for 1968; Riding the Yankee; Dan Gurney – fair-haired boy in profile; Elephant Rally – Ice is nice? AHRA Winternationals; Russia’s latest – Vostok 175, Saturn 350; The Nelson Trainer; more
1968 April Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Harley-Davidson available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Yamaha XS11 Midnight Special
Contents: Road Tests: Yamaha XS11 Eleven Special, Kawasaki KDX175, Suzuki GS450-ET, Yamaha IT125-G; Technical: Life beyond the two-stroke; In search of the 11 second CBX, Turbo CBX; Competition: Supercross Finale; Superbikers!; The roof of Africa; more
1980 March Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Virtuoso customizer Bob Film of New York took a crack at the venerable BMW. Film’s decorative candy-apple special is also a hot competitor on the track and at the drag strip. How did he do it? See feature begining page 61. Our very mod model is Maura Lynch, wife of photographer Steve Lynch who took this shot. Both are motorcyclists. All-American vinyls from Paraphernelia, New York City.
Contents: Road Tests: The Big Hondas – 305cc Dream, Scrambler and Super Hawk; Special on Scooters – The meanest machines on the scootering market – a surprising report; Competition: West Coast races – Ascot, Carlsbad, Sacramento; Technical: Tires; Features: Bart Markel – the man that nobody knows; more
1966 December Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – BMW available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
The New Honda Elsinore CR-250 M1 – Power up. Like Pierre Karsmakers. With one of the fastest, strongest motocross bikes you can buy. The Honda Elsinore CR250 M1. The CR250M1 is not just another version of a hot motocross bike. It’s a bike with improvements that will make people who have already won on the Elsinore 250 ready and raring to race the M1 model.
The CR-250M1 has more horsepower this year. More torque. More response. And great new styling that will never go unnotice. The chassis has been redesigned for better handling. Better handling on a bike already famous for hugging the berm, toeing the line and eating up motocross tracks across the country. A bike that’s been bagging wins like it was a habit.
Little things have been changed too. Small but important. For example, now there’s an optional USDA approved design spark arrestor/muffler so you can take to the woods when you’re not racing, and know you’re going easy on the environment. The suspension’s been reworked. One ride on the Elsinore 250 will tell that story. And it’s a good one. The tailpipe sweeps up and out of the way for great ground clearance. The aluminum alloy rims are redesigned for lighter weight. The air cleaner’s larger. And the rear shocks are repositioned and the rods are larger for greater strength. And more.
All in all, here’s a bike that’s proven its winning ways already. But like you, it’s a bike that’s out for more wins now than ever. And more fun too. See the Elsinore CR-250M1 at your Honda dealer’s now.
Honda – Good things happen on a Honda
1975 Honda Elsinore CR-250M1 – ”Power Up” 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
The machine built exclusively for unlimited touring, in style.
Front Disc Brake; Maintenance-free shaft drive; Constant-mesh five-speed gearbox; New, race-proven frame; High-output alternator; 6.5 gallon touring tank; Sleek, Modern styling; Newly-designed, test-proven switches; See it at your nearest Guzzi dealer
850T
1975 Moto Guzzi 850-T – a masterpiece of elegance and craftsmanship 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
No bike could legally win the way our Z-1 did at Daytona. So they thought.
To run in the open class race at Daytona a bike must look stock, have stock displacement, and be street legal. So when a bike wins that race by performing like a full fledged GP bike, eyebrows are naturally going to be raised. That’s what happened with our Dale-Starr equipped Z-1 Kawasaki, when David Aldana won at Daytona with a giant half a lap lead. “Impossible…”, said one rider, and contested our bike, even after it had been torn down and certified legal by the AMA officials…
1975 Dale-Starr equipped Z-1 Kawasaki / David Aldana Daytona win Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Whatever you ride, you’ll look better and ride safer with a little help from your nearby Harley-Davidson dealer. Put yourself in the picture, with style, as you move out in our sleek fitting Apache leathers…For wind and weather protection, plus superb styling, there’s the Liberator fairing designed exclusively for the Electra Glide by the Vetter Fairing Company…
1975 Harley-Davidson Apache Leathers / Liberator Fairing Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Hodaka handling is a metter of geometry. The bike becomes greater than the sum of its parts. The way those parts fit and perform together produces instant, precise, and predictable response. No Hodaka has this geometry down any better than our out of the crate 100cc racing machine, the Hodaka Super Rat MX. It goes where you point it and fast…
1975 Hodaka Super Rat 100 MX – Plain Geometry Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Lean Weight is what makes a motorcycle want to fall sideways. High lean weight makes the bike heavy in corners, so you have to go slow. Low lean weight lets it be light, responsive, and swift. The Norton 850 Commando has the lowest lean weight of any production superbike.
Lean weight is easy to measure – you can feel it standing still. Straddle any bike, then lean it slowly to the right. You’ll find most superbikes start feeling dangerously heavy just after they come off vertical. But you can lean a Norton way over on its side without any fear of dropping it. That’s low lean weight, one reason why Norton is the best handling superbike.
1975 Norton 850 Commando -lowest lean weight of any production superbike Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Evolution of a classic. The Tiger T100 was the first Triumph Twin to challenge the rough and tumble flat tracks of America. And challenge it did, winning championship races right from the start in 1938. The classic Tiger was destined to change American racing forever. But the lessons learned on America’s flat tracks were also destined to change Triumph. What it took to win – raw power balanced by superb handling – became part of the heritage of every subsequent Triumph. Racing improved the breed. Right up to our latest, the 1975 Triumph Trident T160. Another winner. A brand new classic.
New features for 1975 – effortless electric starting, powerful Norton Triumph / Lockheed disc brakes front and rear, 750cc 4-stroke triple engine inclined forward for improved handling, redesigned gas tank available in 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 gallon capacities, short-throw left foot shift, clearly marked and conveniently positioned handlebar switches, and a new high-performance tuned exhause system.
Move up with Triumph
1975 Triumph Trident T160 – Evolution of a classic motorcycle Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Hard to find Volume 1, number 8, Cycle Guide Magazine, October 1967
Cover: Those fabulous 50cc motorcycles – Harley-Davidson M-50, Honda Sport 50, Roma Mini Cycle, Mondial, Ital Jet Sport 50, Yamaha U-5, Honda Rally 50;;; Doug Mayfield’s chrome Triumph – Hi Ho Silver
Contents: Road Tests: Triumph Police Bike, Honda 450, Greeves 360, White 125cc Moto-Cross; Features: Cover Story: Those Fabulous 50cc Motorcycles; The Sensational Suzuki 500 Five; The Greatest Manxman – Geoff Duke today; Kepaloa – Al Brown’s Night Rider; Hi Ho Silver – Doug Mayfield’s chrome Triumph; Technical: Customize with spray cans; Van Tech Honda; BSA Tune-Up; more
1967 October Cycle Guide Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
